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Use eject -f to force eject even if the device is<br />
busy.<br />
From the eject(1) man page.<br />

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Use eject -f to force eject even if the device is
busy.
From the eject(1) man page.


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Did you format it and newfs it first?<br />
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I know this is not the question you're asking but I/O errors are weird for a duff floppy. <br />
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Does the problem happen with other diskettes?<br />
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Did you format it and newfs it first?

I know this is not the question you're asking but I/O errors are weird for a duff floppy.

Does the problem happen with other diskettes?
 


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I attempted to copy a file to a diskette and there was an I/O error.<br />
I then cd'd out of the floppy0 and hit eject. Would not eject saying <br />
device busy. Okay, so maybe the diskette was bad. The only way I could<br />
clear the problem was by rebooting. My question is &quot;How can I make the<br />
unix machine eject the floppy and clear its busy condition?&quot;<br />
I can't accept that rebooting is the only answer. I am running<br />
Solaris 2.5.1 on a SUN SPARC 10 workstation.<br />
Thanks!
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I attempted to copy a file to a diskette and there was an I/O error.
I then cd'd out of the floppy0 and hit eject. Would not eject saying 
device busy. Okay, so maybe the diskette was bad. The only way I could
clear the problem was by rebooting. My question is "How can I make the
unix machine eject the floppy and clear its busy condition?"
I can't accept that rebooting is the only answer. I am running
Solaris 2.5.1 on a SUN SPARC 10 workstation.
Thanks!

Floppy problems

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